The video (above) features soloist Vinny Golia on a composition by Steve Horowitz.
Composer Steve Horowitz (Music BFA 89) brings a multi-sensory production of music, film and live theater to REDCAT this Friday and Saturday evening (Jan. 29-30), accompanied by members of his Code Ensemble, special guests and numerous CalArts actors and musicians.
The focal point of [...]
After an almost two-decade hiatus, actor-comedian Paul Reubens (BFA Theater 73) has brought the iconic character of Pee-wee back—this time from the little screen to the stage at Club Nokia @ L.A. LIVE for a limited 4-week engagement, through Feb. 7. Nostalgic audiences–and critics–have welcomed their Saturday morning hero with open arms.
From Variety’s review:
Today’s [...]
A group of Los Angeles musicians and writers, including CalArts School of Critical Studies faculty Tisa Bryant, Jen Hofer, Douglas Kearney and Maggie Nelson, are organizing a benefit this Saturday (Jan. 30) to support the relief efforts carried out by Partners in Health, an organization that has been providing health care and education services in [...]
The KarmetiK Machine Orchestra, under the direction of music faculty Ajay Kapur, brings together custom-built robotic musical instruments and human performers with modified instruments for a true 21st century concert at REDCAT Wednesday (Jan. 27) during the SCREAM (Southern California Resource for Electro-Acoustic Music) Festival.
The evening blends elements of music, technology and theater and includes [...]
This year’s edition of the Slamdance Film Festival is featuring a trio of animated shorts by Calartians: Deux Regards, by Minkyu Kim (Film/Video BFA 09) and Kang Min Kim (Film/Video BFA 09); Visit, by Kang Min Kim; and Over the River and Through the Higher Dimensions, by Dillon Markey (Film/Video MFA 09). All three are [...]
The award-winning short Thompson, by Jason Tippet (Film/Video BFA 08), opens at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival today. The film, which is shown as part of the Documentary Showcase, is screening four times in Park City and twice in Salt Lake City.
The 10-minute doc follows two Newhall-area friends, Matt Thompson and Ryan Anders, who since [...]
A few weeks ago, 24700 was sent a link to Scott Fessler’s (Music BFA 76) blog that showcases his collection of CalArts posters from 1975-76. We conversed with him via e-mail about his time at CalArts:
24700: What inspired you to start a blog about the CalArts posters from 1975-76? When did you launch the site?
SF: [...]
Another awards ceremony, another best animated feature film prize for the Disney/Pixar creative juggernaut. Pixar’s latest accolade was for Up, the no.1 animated movie of 2009, at the 67th Golden Globe Awards held on Sunday. The film’s director and co-writer Pete Docter (Film/Video BFA 90) was on hand at the Beverly Hilton Hotel to collect [...]
A solo exhibit of Raul Guerrero’s work opens on Thursday (Jan. 21) at the CUE Art Foundation in New York’s Chelsea Arts District.
Guerrero, a 1970 Chouinard Art Institute graduate, is a San Diego-based artist who grew up in National City, about 12 miles north of Tijuana, Mexico. The Southern California lifestyle combined with his family’s [...]
CalArts School of Theater and the International Genocide Study Center (IGSC) in Kigali, Rwanda, present the fifth annual Arts in the One World Conference next week (Jan. 21-24) at the Institute’s Valencia, Calif., campus. Coordinated by Leslie Tamaribuchi, Interim Co-Dean of the Theater School, the conference is meant to foster dialogue between cultures and explore [...]
